coirt

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coirt (“bark (of tree)”), from Latin cortex.

Noun

coirt f (genitive singular coirte, nominative plural coirteacha)

  1. bark (exterior covering of a tree)
    1. tanner's bark
    2. bark-dye, tan
  2. coating; fur, scale, scum

Declension

Alternative forms

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • coirteach (“barky, cortical; encrusted, coated; furred, scaled”, adjective)
  • coirtigh (“decorticate; tan; coat, encrust”, transitive verb)

Verb

coirt (present analytic coirteann, future analytic coirtfidh, verbal noun coirteadh, past participle coirte)

  1. (transitive) Alternative form of coirtigh (“decorticate; tan; coat, encrust”)

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coirt choirt gcoirt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • "coirt" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “1 coirt” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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